By working directly with clients in the community, CIMs help translate treatment goals into daily life through guidance, mentoring, skill development, advocacy, monitoring, and practical support. Their work helps strengthen independence, reinforce treatment and risk management strategies, build healthier relationships, and create meaningful opportunities for participation, connection, and success.
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CIMs provide practical support to help clients navigate everyday responsibilities, strengthen independence, and participate more successfully in their communities.
Services Include:
- Community adjustment and integration
- Finding appropriate housing
- Managing health care needs
- Facilitating referrals to educational resources
- Facilitating referrals to employment resources
- Development of adaptive life skills
- Problem-solving support
- Advocacy and assistance navigating community resources
Working in coordination with the clinical team, CIMs help reinforce treatment goals and risk management strategies in real-world settings.
Services include:
- Reinforcing treatment and risk management issues
- Enhanced therapeutic and risk-oriented monitoring
- Strategic support, guidance, and direction
- Challenging antisocial attitudes, values, and behaviours
- Delivery of reinforcement, rewards, and appropriate boundary setting
- Crisis intervention
- General counselling and support
- Liaising with psychologists, therapists, and other professionals involved in the case
CIMs use mentoring, role modelling, and hands-on support to help clients develop practical skills, confidence, healthier relationships, and greater self-efficacy.
Services include:
- Role modelling and mentoring
- Skill building in real-world settings
- Teaching problem-solving skills
- Relationship and community building
- Creating opportunities for success and self-efficacy
- Identity development
- Guidance and direction
- Building confidence in everyday decision-making
Positive experiences in recreation, culture, and community life can provide important opportunities for connection, learning, confidence, and healthy participation.
Services include:
- Exposure to pro-social recreational and leisure activities
- Recreational programming
- Music, art, and craft activities
- Horticultural programming
- Outdoor programming
- Exposure to cultural activities
- Opportunities to build positive community connections
- Activities that reinforce healthy routines, interests, and social participation